The club, some 120 kilometres south of Auckland in the Waikato region, made the decision when faced with a bill of NZ$25,000 ($14,787.50) for replacing 125 ewes this year.

Some magical moments in science involve the smell of dung. Case in point: The discovery of the “unintentional rewilding” of bighorn sheep on Tiburón Island by a researcher who was simply ...

Sending barrels on boats, foraging salty peat, and smoking the grain with sheep dung are just some of the lengths Tassie distillers will go to to make themselves stand out.

At 5,500 years old, the "astonishingly modern" shoe was exceptionally preserved by sheep dung and dryness. The world's oldest known leather shoe (pictured) has been found in an Armenian cave ...

Researchers from the University of Connecticut and Durham University found evidence in ancient dung samples that indicate farming began up to 12,500 years ago at the Abu Hureyra site in Syria.

‘Ewe’ll be sorry’: sheep sacked after 55 years as New Zealand golf course turns to mowers The club made the call when faced with a US$15k bill to replace 125 ewes, and to attract younger ...

While New Zealand’s 25 million sheep famously far outnumber its human population of around five million, the Tahuna club is not the only golf course in the world with ovine groundskeepers.

Sending barrels on boats, foraging salty peat, and smoking the grain with sheep dung are just some of the lengths Tassie distillers will go to to make themselves stand out.

The club had to pay $19,000 this year to replace its flock of 125 ewes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.